Weekend: Eat. Drink. Do.

Erykah Badu (pictured here at Coachella in 2011) DJs this weekend at The…

November 30, 2012|By Julia Borcherts, @JuliaBorcherts | For RedEye

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(Free!) YULE BE SWEETBrasserie 545420 N. Clark St. 773-334-9463You can have your cake and eat it too as chef de cuisine Ben Reaves prepares the traditional French buche de noel holiday dessert, which looks like a Yule log. Sample the results and take home a recipe to recreate it yourself. 1 p.m. Saturday.

EUROPEAN TOURMarie's Riptide Lounge1745 W. Armitage Ave. 773-384-0494Blast off with Trap Door Theatre at the Rocket to Romania benefit, which features complimentary appetizers, a cash bar, raffles, live and DJ music and the satisfaction of helping the theater company raise funds to take their Jeff Award-winning production, "The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips Doesn't Ring True," to three venues in Romania. 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Sunday. $10.

PANIC ROOMBeauty Bar1444 W. Chicago Ave. 312-226-8828After a three-month hiatus, Panic! Dance Party—the popular indie, new wave and Brit-pop club night previously hosted at Darkroom—is back on at its new home. Resident DJs Pogo and Arturo help you lose control on the dance floor but you can calm yourself down with drink specials such as $4 Brooklyn Lager drafts, $5 Tito's vodka cocktails and—if your nails look a fright—the bar's signature $15 martini and manicure combo. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday. No cover.

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DIVA DOES DJ SETThe Mid306 N. Halsted St. 312-265-3990Soul singer Erykah Badu gets her groove on as DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown when she hits the decks at the River West club with opening DJs Zebo, Jon Huang and Eric Williams. Drink specials include $4 PBRs and $6 Jameson whiskey drinks. 10 p.m. Friday. $30. Tickets: themidchicago.com.